CAMBA's Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry:
CAMBA's Flatbush food pantry opened its doors in 1996 to serve people in the community who need some help putting food on their tables. Today, the pantry serves 5,000 people each month, including elderly people and other individuals and families simply struggling to get by.
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A pantry client happy with her bag of lettuce grown in the pantry's own hydroponic farm.
CAMBA's Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry doesn't just give out food. We provide our neighbors with much-needed support: assistance with public benefit screening and applications, nutritional education, recipe demonstrations and access to community resources.
Why 500 Turkeys for 500 Families?
Throughout the year, hungry people line up outside the pantry's doors on Church Avenue looking for the food they need to live. Come November, though, they hope for a little more---for their children to be able to take part in the season's bounty. Parents ask us: "Do you have turkeys? Do you have meat or anything we can use on our table for the holidays?"
Every year, we give them what we can, but turkeys can stretch a pantry budget to the breaking point. So this year, we're asking for some help---help to bring Thanksgiving turkeys to 500 families in our community.
For $25, you can buy a turkey and all the trimmings for a family of six. For $50, you'll bring that to two families. And for $100, four families will have the holiday meal that we expect, and enjoy, like clockwork every year.
We're shooting for 500 turkeys this year---a number that will start to meet the need we see. Help us get there, buy a dinner or two. You'll enjoy the feeling almost as much as our clients enjoy the meals.
Who We Are
CAMBA was started in 1977 to meet the neighborhood's basic needs, like improving trash collection, reducing crime and beautifying the community. Today, we serve 45,000 people, including 9,000 youth, each year around New York City. Our services include economic development, education & youth development, family support, health, housing and legal services.
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CAMBA's tagline, "Where You Can," stands for ALL the work we do, connecting people with opportunities to enhance their quality of life. Learn more about us at camba.org. Here are just a few stories showing what we do:
